# Accident 20160723011459A: Temple Benjamin FREEDOM MASTER FM-2, Haddam, CT, July 23, 2016

- Type: FAA accident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: July 23, 2016, 15:55 local time
- Place: Haddam, CT
- Airport: Goodspeed
- Damage: Destroyed
- Phase of flight: Takeoff: Climb Out
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.4503° N, 72.4600° W: From the FAA
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.4503&lon=-72.4600&mi=10
- Aircraft: N282XT, a cancelled registration (https://openairdocs.org/deregistered/N282XT-2019-09-06) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Temple Benjamin FREEDOM MASTER FM-2 (registry code 05631VT, https://openairdocs.org/model/temple-benjamin-freedom-master-fm-2) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Lycoming IO-360-C1C (registry code 41832, https://openairdocs.org/engine/lycoming-io-360-c1c) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: TEMPLE BENJAMIN FREEDOM MASTER FM-2
- Reported engine: LYCOMING IO-360-C1C
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Other injuries: 1
- Pilot certificates: Commercial pilot
- NTSB investigation: [NTSB ERA16LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA267) (OpenAirDocs)
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/20160723011459A

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

ON JULY 23, 2016 AT ABOUT 15:55 LOCAL TIME, AIRCRAFT N282XT DEPARTED  FROM GOODSPEED AIRPORT ON RUNWAY 32. WIND WAS 9 KNOTS AT 310.  ACCORDING TO A WITNESS, THE AIRCRAFT PROCEEDED STRAIGHT OVER THE CONNECTICUT RIVER AND CLIMBED TO APPROXIMATELY 500 FEET.  IT THEN BANKED INTO A HARD LEFT TURN,  APPEARED TO HAVE GONE INTO A STALL SPIN, FELL THROUGH TREES, AND CRASHED, INVERTED, INTO A RESIDENCE  LOCATED AT  71 LITTLE MEADOW ROAD, HADDAM, CT. THE ENGINE WAS OPERATING DURING IMPACT.  THE PILOT SUSTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES, AND THE AIRCRAFT WAS DESTROYED.  ONE PERSON WAS HOME AT THE RESIDENCE AND WAS UNINJURED.  DUE TO SERIOUS INJURIES, THE PILOT WAS NOT AVAILABLE FOR AN INTERVIEW.  HE WAS STILL IN AN INDUCED COMA 27 DAYS AFTER THE ACCIDENT.

## The NTSB's investigation of this event (1)

From the NTSB's public API. Aircraft are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported serial number, make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.

- [NTSB ERA16LA267](https://openairdocs.org/ntsb/ERA16LA267), Jul 23, 2016: Temple Benjamin Freedom Master FM-2 (N282XT), East Haddam, CT, substantial damage. Probable cause: The pilot’s loss of airplane control during the initial climb.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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